Roommates with Benefits [18+ only]

32. Someone like me

"For fuck's sakes!" I groaned when, upon rolling over on bed, I forced most of my weight onto my injured shoulder. I felt like a turtle that'd been knocked over, because now I couldn't roll on my back again. "Ughhh! I hate this!" I tried to leverage on my good arm, but I guess my weight worked in cahoots with gravity. Each movement made my shoulder hurt way more but staying in that position was worse.

I didn't want to scream, Lukas was probably at home, so I muffled every sound with the help of the sheet, but I still was nowhere near helping myself. Until I felt myself being pulled in the other direction, so that I could finally lie on my back. "Are you alright?" Lukas' face came into my sight. "Does it hurt?"

I didn't reply immediately, feeling ashamed for needing his help every two seconds. "Thanks." I grumbled under my breath, mad at myself for needing someone to assist me. I'm not sure I remember right, but he probably showered me, too last night. "Shouldn't you be in class?" I wondered, just to distract him from my embarrassing situation.

He chuckled. "It's Saturday."

"Well, shouldn't you be out ... jogging or something," I eyed the alarm clock on my nightstand, but I could barely see it. "It's 7 am."

"Pm," Lukas corrected, eyeing me closely, "it's seven in the evening."

"Huh?" Did I really sleep all day?

"It's alright," he reassured me, moving my hair from my face, "doctor said the painkillers might have that effect."

I tried to think hard about the last thing I remembered from last night, but it was all a blur. I clearly remember falling in the bathtub and Lukas taking me to the hospital, and I think I even remember the form we had to fill as well as how Lukas reassured me, cuddled me through the pain. I do remember all that. But I don't really remember how my shoulder was put back in place and everything after that is mostly foggy.

There, it hit me. "The painkillers," I mentioned, trying not to blush, "I-uh ..." I grimaced, "did I say something I shouldn't have?"

I would have sworn he paled for a moment, which made me want to hide my head under the sand. Did I really say something I shouldn't have? It couldn't be worse than that time I legit told him he could be poison to my heart. Or was it actually worse?

When Lukas grinned cheekily, a thousand thoughts crossed my mind, all the possible things I could say in a moment where my mind wasn't controlled. "Like what?" Was all he asked.

"Well, I don't know," I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to piece together the blurred bits in my head, "anything."

Lukas eyed me for a moment. "You're afraid you slipped up and accidentally told me something about yourself, aren't you?" How did he guess right away?

"I don't have secrets." I mumbled, caught red-handed. I really don't have secrets, my life is as lame as it gets, but he doesn't need to know that, does he?

He let out a short chuckle, shaking his head. "Nah, don't worry, you didn't say anything incriminating." He smirked. "You did come on me pretty strong, though." He winked.

"What?" I gasped, my eyes widening like saucers.

"Drugged up Tara is pretty horny."

"Bullshit." I accused, sending him a dirty look when I realized he was making fun of me.

"No, really," he could barely keep a straight face, "I had to keep you at arms' length all night." He brought a hand to his heart, feigning hurt. "I feel so violated."

I tried to slap his arm, but he dodged it, quite easily, too, since I was hindered by the sling on my other arm, and I was consequently slow as hell. "You're such a jerk." I grumbled, albeit somewhat amused.